Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-21

Chazal, who had an ln-
lerview with President Cleveland on
Tuesday, is decidedly more enthusiast
tic Cleveland man than when be lett
Columbia. The manner III which Mr..
Cleveland gives his careful consldera-
ton to the most trivial affairs astonished
the chemist. VINO now believes the Presl-
dent TO have a remarkably strong and
sound mind,
Commercial circles in Charleston have
been agitated for the past two days over
arumOr of an adventure OF somewhat
startling character. The report Is that
young man from the interior or the state
was sent TO Charleston TO pay three Dllls
to three Charleston houses, the amount or
the bills aggregating between $500 and
$500; that he went to the city, spent the
money, or "salted it," forged receipts and
returned home. The alleged forgery was
discovered in due time and steps were
taken TO make the embryo cashier dis
gorge. The man is said to be respectfully
connected, and the rumor is that efforts
are now beng made to CLOAK up the
affair.
The charge that the patients at the
State Lunatic Asylum are fed on poor
beef Is creating sensation. Seneca CITY
IS the principal shipping point for cattle
IN Oconee county, and several dealers
VINO purchase cattle through the country
have their headquarters there. l.. l.. Jar
rard Is perhaps the largest cattle shipper
In that section. lie said that he had
been shipping beef 20 Columbia and
! Charleston for number OF years, aver
| aging from twenty-five to thirty car loads
| every year. He sold beeves regularly to
ID. Wood, the butcher who has the con-
tract for furnishing the asylum. He said
that he was given to understand by Mr..
| Wood that the cheap beef he bought was
to I'LL the asylum contract, and the better
article was sold at the market stall.
Nr. Wood had told him the price
his contract called for, and ne did
not believe that first quality beef
could be furnished at that price.
j. ID. WEIGH, another large dealer in cat
tie, was asked to tell what he knew about
the matter. Mr.. Welcn said that for the
last season or two he had not shipped
any cattle to Columbia, as he carried his
cargoes by Augusta to Charleston. Up
to that time, however. he sold beeves reg
ularly to Mr.. W God, the asylum butcher,
and he regularly sold MIN the poorest
beeves he had. These were poor, thin
and starved out cows, bought in the
| country at from So TO IS apiece. He
said that it was understood among the
cattlemen that the poorest beef they
brought could always be sold to the asy-
lum butcher. MT. WOOD told MIN, ne
said, that he was obliged to get cheap
beef in order to make any money, as
his contract forced him down too low.
To summarize other statements, it ap-
pears that the asylum butcher regularly
purchases second-grade beet at a
price of from half to two thirds the
priceof the beef sold in open market;
that he does this alleging that he Is forced
to it by the contract, and that as a re-
suit the inmates of the asylum are fed on
a quality OF beef inferior to that sold in
open market, and bought at 1c. and | &c.
a pound in the country. 1t does not APP
pear that uusound beet is used. These
statements point to a state of affairs
which the previous denials do not satisfy.
They are open TO investigation if their
accuracy is doubted. Certainly if they
are correct an investiga tion Of the whole
matter Is in order.